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The '''SEEK''' statement sets the next byte or record position of a file for a read or write.
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{{PageSyntax}}
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:: SEEK ''filenumber&'', ''position''
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* ''filenumber'' must be the file number that is [[OPEN]] and being read or written to.
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* ''position'' is a byte in [[BINARY]] or sequencial files created in [[OUTPUT]], [[APPEND]] or [[INPUT (file mode)]]s. The first byte = 1.
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* ''position'' is the record in [[RANDOM]] files to read or write. Records can hold more than one variable defined in a [[TYPE]].
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* Since the first SEEK file position is 1 it may require adding one to an offset value when documentation uses that position as 0.
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* After a SEEK statement, the next file operation starts at that SEEK byte position.
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* The SEEK statement can work with the [[SEEK]] function to move around in a file.
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''Example:'' A SEEK statement using the [[SEEK]] function to move to the next random record in a file.
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{{CodeStart}}
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SEEK 1, {{Cl|SEEK}}(1) + 1
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{{CodeEnd}}
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''See also:''
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* [[SEEK]] {{text|(function)}}
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* [[GET]], [[PUT]]
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